ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – The Australia cricket group touring Pakistan will be guided by security consultants, coach Andrew McDonald stated on Friday, after at the very least 56 folks had been killed in a suicide bombing at a Shi’ite mosque within the nation.

The success of Australia’s first tour of Pakistan in 24 years may probably result in common visits by high groups who’ve largely shunned the South Asian nation since a 2009 assault on the Sri Lanka group bus in Lahore.

Hours after the six-week tour bought underway with the opening take a look at in Rawalpindi, the bombing came about in Peshawar, some 140 kilometres (87 miles) from the place the Australia group are staying in Islamabad.

No group has claimed duty for the assault, one of many deadliest in years on Pakistan’s Shi’ite minority which has lengthy been focused by Sunni Muslim Islamist militants.

“Our ideas are clearly with the folks in Peshawar,” McDonald stated after the opening day’s play in Rawalpindi.

“For us we would be guided by our security group.

“We’re in actually actually good arms we now have been for the reason that guys landed. So we’ll be guided by these folks, the consultants within the discipline…

“If something had been to alter, clearly they will be capable of be speaking about (that),” the coach added.

The Pakistan Cricket Board has organized presidential-style security for your entire tour which additionally consists of take a look at matches in Karachi and Lahore adopted by 4 limited-overs matches in Rawalpindi.

Earlier on Friday, PCB chief government Faisal Hasnain hoped Australia’s tour of Pakistan would encourage main cricket nations to shed their apprehensions and go to the nation.

(Reporting by Amlan Chakraborty in New Delhi; Editing by Toby Chopra)